New developer challenge offers Android devs a trip to TED if they can get people moving
The good people over at Snaptic have launched a new developer challenge that is designed to get people up and moving. The premise behind the challenge is quite simple. All you need to do is develop an Android app to use even on your HTC Pure, that gets people up and moving and you can win an all expense paid trip to the TED Global 2010 conference.
This is a great new contest that the people at Snaptic are putting on. While obesity continues to become a larger and larger problem in this country it is very rare that we will look to our mobile devices, like the Nexus One,  to help us get out and exercise more. Sure there are already a few apps out there that are designed to make exercising easier and thus more likely to happen but there are no apps currently designed to get people to exercise regularly.
I certainly applaud Snaptic for their initiative here with this new contest they are putting together. It would be great if this project set off a whole new line of Android apps that were designed to get people outside and exercising more frequently. Since smartphones are becoming such a huge part of our every day lives it only makes sense to try and include some sort of applications that will help people better themselves and get into shape. Of all of the various ways we are trying to fight obesity this is one of the more creative things I have seen. I think this is a great idea and can not wait to see what type of apps are developed so that I can use them myself to help push me to get outside and exercise this spring and summer.
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